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16th January 2024
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INFORMATION FROM PAST TERMLY BRIEFINGS
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Working together to improve school attendance
Working together – Summary table of responsibilities for school attendance
Using pupil premium_ guidance for school leaders
Universal infant free school meals (UIFSM)_ conditions of grant 2023 to 2024 – GOV.UK
Suspension_and_permanent_exclusion_guidance_May_2023
Standards for school food in England – GOV.UK
School Sport and Activity Action Plan
School resource management advisers_ information for academy trusts – GOV.UK
School inspections_ a guide for parents – GOV.UK
School inspection handbook for September 2023 – GOV.UK
School Funding Landscape 2024-25
School food in England – GOV.UK
Pupil premium_ overview – GOV.UK
pupil premium funding – is it reaching those in need_
PE and sport premium for primary schools – GOV.UK
Pay-Policy-SchoolsAcademies-Sept-2023
National Tutoring Programme_ guidance for schools, academic year 2023_24 – GOV.UK
National funding formula for schools and high needs 2024 to 2025
Natioanl Funding Formula 2023 2024
Monitoring progress and impact of the strategy
Minimum_School_Week_Non-Statutory_Guidance
Letter to governors and trustees_ Qualification results 2023 – GOV.UK
Inspecting schools_ guide for maintained and academy schools – GOV.UK
Implementing_your_school_s_approach_to_pay
Government funding boost kickstarts delivery of historic new free childcare offers – GOV.UK
Filtering+and+Monitoring+Standards+Andrew+Hall+June+2023
Explanation_of_privacy_notices_2023_v1-5
Everything you need to know about the new guidance on RAAC in education settings – The Education Hub
Essex Scheme for Financing Schools 2023-24
DBS requirements for Governors and Trustees
Cost of school uniforms – GOV.UK
Commissioning High-Quality Trusts
Clerks Update Autumn Term 2023
Changes made to school inspections – GOV.UK
Cendex CST Executive Salary Survey 2023
Building strong trusts 2023-04-25
Being Strategic – A guide for multi academy trust boards and CEOs
Being Strategic – A guide for governing boards and headteachers in single schools
Annex A – Trust Quality Descriptions
Academy-benchmarking-report-22 – Buzzacott
Academy Trust Handbook – Schedule_of_Musts_2023
Academy Glossary – Confederation of School Trusts
Academies_Planning_Calendar_2023_to_2024_1.0
A guide for parents on school behaviour and exclusion – GOV.UK
15. School food in England – GOV.UK
13. Keeping Children Safe in Education Sept 2023
5. Standing Orders Autumn 2023
5. LGB Terms of Reference Aug 2023
5. Data Consent Form Sept 2023
5. Code of Conduct AMENDED Sept 2023 maintained av
5. Code of Conduct AMENDED Sept 2023
4. Declaration-of-Interest-Form-Sept 2023
4. Register for Declaration of Interests
5. Code of Conduct AMENDED Sept 2023 AV
Working_lives_of_teachers_and_leaders_-_wave_1_-_core_report
What maintained schools must publish online – GOV.UK
What academies, free schools and colleges must or should publish online – GOV.UK
Virtual AGMs guide for academy trusts _ Browne Jacobson
Using pupil premium_ guidance for school leaders
Updates – Data protection in schools – Guidance – GOV.UK
Understanding academy trusts – 08.03.23
Trust Capacity Fund (TCaF) – GOV.UK
Teaching online safety in schools – GOV.UK
Summary evaluations of multi-academy trusts – GOV.UK
Statutory Assessment briefing paper for Governors February 2023
Senior mental health lead training – GOV.UK
SEND_and_alternative_provision_improvement_plan_print_ready
Schools and colleges to receive £2.5 billion to upgrade buildings and boost school places – GOV.UK
School food_ guidance for governors – GOV.UK
School capital funding – GOV.UK
Recovery premium_ overview – GOV.UK
Pupil premium_ overview – GOV.UK
Handling strike action in schools
GovernorHub-Research Paper on Governance Professionals [March 2023]
GovernorHub Insights_ Women’s work_
Governor Monitoring of Safeguarding – Autumn 2022 – final
Get school-to-school support from system leaders – GOV.UK
Equality Diversity and Inclusion in School Trusts Creating sustainable change February 2023
ECA Summer Term Presentation with notes
Defibrillator deliveries begin for all schools that need one – GOV.UK
Data protection in schools – What data protection means for schools – Guidance – GOV.UK
Data protection in schools – Sharing personal data – Guidance – GOV.UK
Data protection in schools – Role of data protection officers – Guidance – GOV.UK
Data protection in schools – Responsibilities – Guidance – GOV.UK
Data protection in schools – Managing breaches of data – Guidance – GOV.UK
Data protection in schools – Guidance – GOV.UK
Data protection in schools – Data retention – Guidance – GOV.UK
Cracks-in-our-Foundations Centre fo Social Justice
Attendance – Summary_of_responsibilities_where_a_mental_health_issue_is_affecting_attendance
Apply for Trust Establishment and Growth (TEG) funding – GOV.UK
Appendix F – Child on Child HSB Model Policy – Secondary
Supporting resilience in the exam system in 2023 – GOV.UK
SFVS Checklist guidance – GOV.UK
Schools_Causing_Concern_Guidance_Update_Representations_edit__2_
School governance update_ September 2022 – GOV.UK SENT TO CLERKS 3.10.22
School capital funding – GOV.UK
Pupil premium_ overview – GOV.UK
Preventing hair discrimination in schools _ Equality and Human Rights Commission
PE and sport premium_ conditions of grant 2022 to 2023 – GOV.UK
National professional qualifications (NPQs) – GOV.UK
inspectionsandgovernancedecember2022-221217093659-fca3d1e4 (1)
Inspecting schools_ guide for maintained and academy schools – GOV.UK
Information note for academy trusts about academy transfer – GOV.UK
Going concern guidance for audits _ Insights _ UHY Hacker Young
Federations_ guidance on the governance processes – GOV.UK
Careers_guidance_and_access_for_education_and_training_providers_
Careers boost for young people – GOV.UK
Annual-report-on-education-spending -in-England-2022-Institute-for-Fiscal-Studies
Academy trust risk management – GOV.UK
‘Now the whole school is reading’_ supporting struggling readers in secondary school – GOV.UK
Model – Pay-Policy-SchoolsAcademies-Sept-2022
Model – CODE OF CONDUCT REGISTER 2022
GOV Uk – Ofsted Summary of changes Summer 2022
GOV uk – Inspecting schools_ guide for maintained and academy schools –
GOV.UK Gov UK – Early years inspection handbook for Ofsted-registered provision for September 2022 –
GOV.UK GOV UK – Cost of school uniforms Essex – Safeguarding Information for Visitors to School – August 2022
DfE Schools Causing Concern Guidance Update Sept 22
DfE Searching, Screening and Confiscation
DfE Understanding your data_ a guide for school governors and academy trustees – GOV.UK
DfE What academies, free schools and colleges must or should publish online – GOV.UK
DfE Working_together_to_improve_school_attendance
ESFA – Academies_Planning_Calendar_2022_to_2023_
DfE School Resource Management – Building a stronger system strategy
DfE Recovery premium funding – GOV.UK
DfE Information note for academy trusts about academy transfer – GOV.UK
DfE Implementing school system reform in 2022-23
DfE Get school-to-school support from system leaders – GOV.UK
DfE Find volunteers to become school governors and trustees – GOV.UK
DfE Education recovery_ guidance for governors and trustees – GOV.UK
DfE Cost of school uniforms – GOV.UK
13. GOV UK – Working together to safeguard children
15. Safeguarding Company – Senior Mental Health Lead_ What You Need to Know
17. HSE inspectors to assess the management of asbestos in schools
18. DfE Implementing school system reform
DfE – Implementing_your_school_s_approach_to_pay
DfE Behaviour_in_Schools_guidance_July_2022
DfE Careers guidance and access for education and training providers
13. Essex – Safeguarding Information for Visitors to School – August 2022
13. DfE – Behaviour_in_Schools_guidance_July_2022
12. Essex – Child Protection policy for schools and settings – September 2022
10. GOV UK – Education recovery_ guidance for governors and trustees 1
0. DFE – Working_together_to_improve_school_attendance
10. DfE – National Tutoring Programme – Guidance for Schools
8. GOV UK – Recovery premium funding
8. DfE – School Resource Management – Building a stronger system strategy
5. Electronic Parent Governor Election Guidance
5. Model – Data Consent Form Sept 2022
5. Model – Code of Conduct Register
DfE Education Recovery in Early Years
DfE Education Recovery Spring 2022 – Copy
DfE First Aid in Schools February 2022
DfE KS4_accountability_guidance_update
DfE Political impartiality in schools February 2022
DfE Primary_accountability_guidance_-_March_2022
DfE Providing FSMs for those families with no access to public funds April 2022
DfE Pupil Premium overveiw updated March 2022
DfE Remote learning – revised guidance March 2022
DfE School-Led Tutoring April 2022
ESFA Academy Accounts Directions 2022 – main changes Opportunity_for_all_strong_schools_with_great_teachers_for_your_child WHITE PAPER SEND_review_right_support_right_place_right_time
The_case_for_a_fully_trust-led_system
The_Missing_Pool_of_Talent_Report_GovernorHub_2022
Opportunity_for_all_strong_schools_with_great_teachers_for_your_childS
Information Update January 2022
ECA Clerks Briefing Spring Term 2022
DfE Schools view on the perceived benefits and obstacles to joining a MAT
EEF_Implementation_Guidance_Report_2019
EEF Making Best Use of Teaching Assistants
EEF_Guide_for_School_Governors_and_Trustees_2019_-_print_version
DfE guidance on flexible working
DfE guidance on school uniform
Institute of Fiscal Studies Report on Education Spending in England Nov 2021
Role of Governing Body in School Food July 2021
NGA documents referred in briefing as follows (please go to NGA website – www.nga.org.uk – to access these)
NGA Priorities, resources and People: School and trust governance in 2021 – outcome of NGA
Governance Survey
NGA Engaging Parent & Carers: a guide for governing boards
NGA Environmental Sustainability – a whole school approach: a guide for boards (updated November
2021)
NGA Governance Volunteers & Board Practice in 2021 – outcome of NGA Governance Survey
NGA Careers Link Governor/Trustee Role Description
NGA Providing an effective careers programme: The role of governing boards in the secondary phase
(October 2021)
NGA A guide to electing Trustees and Governors: a Guide for Governance Professionals (December
2021)
NGA Online voting options: A Guide for Governance Professionals (December 2021)
NGA Ofsted inspections: a guide for governing boards (November 2021)
NGA Developing an affordable school uniform policy: Information for governing board (December
2021)
NGA Covid-19 – Keeping schools safe: monitoring priorities for governing boards
Finance Operations Audit and Risk Committee TOR 2021
EYFS Framework Changes Sept 2021
Early-Career-Teachers-ECT-Statutory-Induction-Policy-Schools-Academies-Sept-2021 (1)
Disciplinary and Dismissal Committee TOR September 2021
Curriculum (Standards) Committee TOR Sept 2021
Contingency Framework – education and childcare settings August 2021
19. Governors role in cyber security
19. GDPR Governor email addresses
19. Cyber Security in schools Questions for Governors & Trustees
15. Education_staff_wellbeing_charter_2021
12. CHILD PROTECTION POLICY FOR SCHOOLS – September 2021
5vi. NGA Code of Conduct September 2021
5v. NGA-Scheme-of-Delegation-Guidance-Nov-2020
5iv. Standing_Orders_Maintained_Schools Sept 2021
5iii. Keeping_children_safe_in_education_2021
5ii. Data Consent Form Sept 2021
5i. NGA Skills Audit Guidance for MATs August 2021
5i. NGA Skills Audit Guidance for maintained schools August 2021
5i. NGA Skills Audit for MATs August 2021
5.i. NGA Skills Audit for maintained schools and SATs August 2021
4. Declaration-of-Interest-Form-Sept 2021
Why updates are needed to your Financial Regulations
Summer term guidance – roadmap of easing restrictions
Keeping_children_safe_in_education_2020_-_Update_-_January_2021
MODEL CHILD PROTECTION POLICY FOR SCHOOLS – March 2021
Schools Testing Guidance and FAQs_v1.2
Staffing_and_employment_advice_for_schools_-_January_2021
Statutory Framework for EYFS March 2021
Induction guidance for early career teachers
Clerking Updates April 2021 Useful information
Awarding GCSEs, AS & A Levels Key for SLs
ECA Spring Term 2021 model agenda
Top_10_estate_checks_for_boards
the_implications_of_covid_19_on_the_school_funding_landscape_1
The School Website Requirements Guide November 2020
Providing school meals during the C-19 outbreak 8.1.21
NFER_Governance_Strand1_Report_FINAL
Maintained_governance_role_descriptors
Maintained schools must publish on website Nov 2020
FINAL_2021-22_NFF_Policy_Document_MB
ECC Remote Learning from January 2021 Final
DfE Remote_Education_Provision_framework_Schools
CHILD PROTECTION POLICY FOR SCHOOLS – October 2020 – amended 13 Nov 2020
Safeguarding Information for Visitors to School – August 2020
Keeping_children_safe_in_education_2020
Child Protection Policy August 2020
Governors Expenses Policy Sept 2020
Equality Objectives Secondary Sept 2020
Equality Objectives Primary Sept 2020
Declaration of Business Interests Form Sept 2020
Teacher_workload_survey_2019_brief
Ofsted School Inspection Update November 2019
Ofsted How__stuck__schools_are_overcoming_isolation_-_evaluation_report
NGA What governing boards and school leaders should expect from each other Nov 2019
NGA Questions for Governors to ask about wellbeing in school
NGA Exclusions a guide for governing boards
NGA Academy Trusts – The role of members
ECA Spring Term 2020 Information Update
ECA Spring Term 2020 Briefing Presentation
DfE_Parental Engagement on Relationships Education
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